Motorway Police Licence Points in Pakistan: 20 Points in Two Years Means a Six Month Suspension

Short answer: On Pakistan's motorways and national highways, every violation the Motorway Police book against you carries points under the Eleventh Schedule of the National Highways Safety Ordinance 2000, on top of the fine. More than 10 points in two years brings a written warning. More than 20 points in two years and a Superintendent of Police of the National Highways and Motorway Police suspends your driving licence for six months, extendable by another six. Causing a fatal accident alone is 15 points.

We read the National Highways Safety Ordinance 2000 in the copy the National Highways and Motorway Police publish on nhmp.gov.pk on 19 October 2026. Section 86 creates the point system and the Eleventh Schedule lists the points for each violation. This is federal law and applies on the motorways and national highways the NHMP patrols. It is separate from the provincial points systems, so a Punjab city licence can collect points under both.

More than 20 points in two years suspends the licence for six months

Section 86 of the Ordinance says that anyone proved guilty of a violation of the Eighth Schedule rules is charged with the points listed against that offence in the Eleventh Schedule, in addition to the fine. When points in a two year period exceed 10, a warning is issued listing the violations. When they exceed 20, the licence is suspended for six months, extendable by another six.

The suspension is ordered by a Superintendent of Police of the NHMP, not by a court. Two years is a rolling window, so a 6 point speeding entry from 23 months ago still counts against a new one. The Ordinance does not say the points are wiped when the licence is renewed, and the NHMP's own driving licence authority issues licences under the same law, so the NHMP driving licence from the DLA in Islamabad carries the same exposure as a provincial one.

A fatal accident is 15 points and a suspended licence 10

The heaviest entries are for accidents. Causing an accident that results in death is 15 points, serious bodily injury 10, minor injury 8 and property damage 6. Driving on a suspended licence is 10 points. Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is 8 points. One fatal accident plus one drink driving charge within two years is 23 points and a suspension.

Overloading passengers or goods by 30 per cent or more is 6 points, which bites hardest on bus and truck drivers who already face the dimension rules for goods vehicles on the motorways. The reader who most needs this page is a commercial driver, because a route that produces one overloading entry a quarter reaches the suspension line inside two years on that charge alone.

Speeding by 40 km/h is 6 points, a stop sign is 4, a U-turn is 2

The middle band is 6 points for the dangerous things: speeding by 40 km/h or more over the limit, jumping a red or flashing signal, dangerous overtaking, reckless driving and ignoring an officer's signal to stop. Four points cover a stop sign, improper crossing of a railway track, driving at night without proper lights and interfering with an emergency vehicle.

Most everyday entries are 2 points: a prohibited U-turn, disobeying a yield sign, not giving way to a pedestrian, following too closely or cutting in, a covered rear screen, jumping a queue, failing to dip headlights, misusing an indicator, reversing where prohibited, obstructing traffic, an improper turn from the wrong lane, improper loading, and breaching a silence zone. Ten of those in two years is the warning; twenty is the suspension.

Vehicle condition has its own band of 3 points: defective steering, an unsuitable tyre type, over or under inflated tyres, tread below the prescribed depth, different tyre types on different axles, a load likely to cause nuisance, a provisional licence holder on a national highway, crossing double white lines, a height restriction, stopping on a zebra crossing, and a motorcycle passenger not sitting astride. The fines that go with these are a separate schedule, and the motorway speed limits by vehicle class set the threshold that the 40 km/h rule is measured from.

Points come on top of the challan, not instead of it

Section 86 is explicit that points are charged "in addition to penalties provided under this Ordinance". So a speeding challan on the M-2 carries both the fine on the ticket and 6 points if you were 40 km/h over. The fine is paid through the usual route for an NHMP motorway challan, and the points attach to your licence record whether or not you pay promptly.

Even a small entry counts. Failing to dip your headlights, the offence behind the high beam crackdown on Punjab motorways, is a 2 point entry under the same schedule, and the Ordinance's wording gives the SP the power to suspend without a hearing in court. A driver who disputes the underlying violation has to contest the challan itself, because the points follow the conviction.

1. Keep every NHMP challan slip. Each one carries the violation, and the violation decides the points.
2. Count your entries over the last two years. Above 10 expect a warning letter; above 20 expect a suspension order.
3. If a challan is wrong, contest it at once through the NHMP complaint cell or the Citizen Portal, because points attach once the violation stands.
4. Commercial drivers should check overloading and fitness entries first, since 6 and 3 point charges add up fastest on a daily route.
5. If you receive a suspension order, ask which entries it rests on and whether any fall outside the two year window.

The provincial points systems run separately

Punjab, Sindh and Islamabad traffic police run their own penalty point schemes under provincial motor vehicle law. Those apply on city roads and provincial highways; the NHMP system applies on motorways and national highways. A Punjab licence holder therefore has two ledgers, and the Punjab driving licence points system explains the city side, where the thresholds and the suspension lengths are different.

The Ordinance also lists Tenth and Twelfth Schedule fines for the same violations. Those fine amounts have been revised by notification since the 2000 text and the revised schedule is not in the copy the NHMP publishes, so we have not reproduced fines here. The points in the Eleventh Schedule are unchanged in the published text.

Common questions

How many points suspend a driving licence on the motorway?

More than 20 points within two years. An SP of the NHMP suspends the licence for six months, extendable by another six. More than 10 points brings a warning first.

How many points is speeding on the motorway?

6 points if you are 40 km/h or more over the limit. The fine on the challan is charged separately.

How many points for a fatal accident?

15 for an accident causing death, 10 for serious injury, 8 for minor injury and 6 for property damage.

Do NHMP points apply to a Punjab or Sindh licence?

Yes. The Ordinance charges points against the driver on motorways and national highways whichever authority issued the licence, and the provincial points schemes run separately on city roads.

Do the points expire?

The thresholds are counted over a two year period, so an entry stops counting toward a warning or suspension once it is more than two years old. The Ordinance does not describe any other clearing.

Who orders the suspension?

A Superintendent of Police of the National Highways and Motorway Police, under section 86(3), without a court order.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

We read the National Highways Safety Ordinance 2000 in the PDF published by the National Highways and Motorway Police at nhmp.gov.pk on 19 October 2026, linked from its traffic rules page. Section 86 and the Eleventh Schedule are the source of every threshold and point value above. The copy is a scan of the Gazette of Pakistan of 5 September 2000, and the point value against a handful of entries, including failing to stop after an accident, driving without a licence valid for the vehicle, driving the wrong way on a one way road, failing to yield the right of way and defective brakes, could not be read from it, so those are left out of the tables rather than guessed. We could not find on the NHMP site any later amendment to the Eleventh Schedule or any public record of how many suspensions the point system has produced.